The Firebug team uses some special phrases for parts of Firebug. This list was created with the intention to give you an overview over the terminology together with a description of the things and therefore help you to understand what we are talking about at [http://getfirebug.com getfirebug.com], in issues, forums etc..

The Firebug team uses some special phrases for parts of Firebug. This list was created with the intention to give you an overview over the terminology together with a description of the things and therefore help you to understand what we are talking about at [http://getfirebug.com getfirebug.com], in issues, forums etc..

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| [[FBTest|Firebug Test Console (FBTest)]] || A dialog containing automated test suites for Firebug and other extensions. You can open it using Firebug Menu -> Open Test Console.

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| [[FBTrace|Firebug Tracing Console (FBTrace)]] || A console displaying various log messages helping Firebug developers to debug a debugger. You can open it using Firebug Menu -> Open Firebug Tracing.

| Panel Bar || Main bar including the Firebug Menu, the Inspect Button, the Navigation History Buttons, a tab list of the different modules of Firebug, a search field and buttons for controlling the display and activation of Firebug

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| Main Bar || Area at the top of the Firebug UI including the Firebug Menu, the Inspect Button, the Navigation History Buttons, a tab list of the different modules of Firebug, a search field and buttons for controlling the display and activation of Firebug

| [[Break On ...|Break On Button]] || Toggle button inside the Panel Toolbar of some panels for stopping JavaScript execution on a specific event and jumping to the [[Script Panel]]

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| [[Console Panel#Break On All Errors|Break On All Errors]] || Toggle button ( [[Image:Break_on_all_errors_button.png]] ) inside the Panel Toolbar of the [[Console Panel]] for stopping JavaScript execution on all JavaScript errors

| [[Console Panel#Break On All Errors|Break On All Errors]] || Toggle button ( [[Image:Break_on_all_errors_button.png]] ) inside the Panel Toolbar of the [[Console Panel]] for stopping JavaScript execution on all JavaScript errors

| [[Script Panel#Break On Next|Break On Next]] || Toggle button ( [[Image:Break_On_Next_Button.png]] ) inside the Panel Toolbar of the [[Script Panel]] for stopping JavaScript execution on the next executed line

| [[Breakpoints Side Panel]] || Side Panel listing all breakpoints created for the current page

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| Stack Frame Path || Ancestor Path of the [[Script Panel]]

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| [[Script Panel#Break On Next|Break On Next]] || Toggle button ( [[Image:Break_On_Next_Button.png]] ) inside the Panel Toolbar of the [[Script Panel]] for stopping JavaScript execution on the next executed line

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| Script Location Menu || Menu button inside the toolbar of the [[Script Panel]] for switching between the different JavaScript containing files included in the currently displayed website and (based on the script filter) also eval() and event scripts

| Script Location Menu || Menu button inside the toolbar of the [[Script Panel]] for switching between the different JavaScript containing files included in the currently displayed website and (based on the script filter) also eval() and event scripts

| Detach Firebug || Opening the Firebug UI in its own window (by pressing <code class="key">Ctrl</code>/<code class="key">&#8984;</code>+<code class="key">F12</code> or clicking the Detach button while the UI is attached)

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| Firebug Tracing Console || A console displaying various log messages helping Firebug developers to debug a debugger. You can open this console using Firebug Menu -> Open Firebug Tracing.

Revision as of 01:38, 16 September 2013

The Firebug team uses some special phrases for parts of Firebug. This list was created with the intention to give you an overview over the terminology together with a description of the things and therefore help you to understand what we are talking about at getfirebug.com, in issues, forums etc..

A console displaying various log messages helping Firebug developers to debug a debugger. You can open it using Firebug Menu -> Open Firebug Tracing.

Firebug UI

General

Term

Description

Module

Logical part of web development (like HTML, CSS, DOM etc.)

Main Bar

Area at the top of the Firebug UI including the Firebug Menu, the Inspect Button, the Navigation History Buttons, a tab list of the different modules of Firebug, a search field and buttons for controlling the display and activation of Firebug

Toggle button ( ) inside the Panel Toolbar of the Script Panel for stopping JavaScript execution on the next executed line

Script Location Menu

Menu button inside the toolbar of the Script Panel for switching between the different JavaScript containing files included in the currently displayed website and (based on the script filter) also eval() and event scripts